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Major-leaguers return to work
Associated PressLess than a week after the events that changed America and the world, baseball told teams they've got a job to do: Play, and make the games seem as if they matter again. When major-league ball returns today, the standings and statistics will be exactly...Tags: Wrigley Field, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, San Francisco Giants, World Series, Arts
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CSO injects mystical taste of the divine into piano festival
As one takes stock of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association's "Keys to the City" at roughly the midpoint of the piano festival, it becomes clear that while unusual combinations of artists and repertory have been offered, audiences have been given...
Tags: Music Industry, Concerts, Festive Events, Music, Culture
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Must-see summer classical and jazz/blues concerts in Chicago
Tribune music critics John von Rhein (classical) and Howard Reich (jazz/blues) each pick 10 shows you shouldn't miss this summer: Classical: “The Circus Princess” and “The Cousin from Nowhere”: Emmerich Kalman's three-ring...
Tags: Opera (genre), Ravinia Festival, Michigan Avenue, Music Industry, Concerts
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CSO conductor Riccardo Muti gets American Academy prize
Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti has added yet another honor to his long list of awards. On Monday at a gala ceremony in Rome, the Italian maestro, 70, was presented with the 2012 McKim Medal from the American Academy in Rome....
Tags: Music, Culture, Awards and Prizes, Riccardo Muti, Italy
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Classical Corner
Ariel Quartet: The 65th and final season of Artists Showcase West concludes with the Israel-based ensemble, assisted by veteran pianist Menahem Pressler. The program holds works by Beethoven, Janacek and Dvorak. 3 p.m. Sunday at Downers Grove North High...Tags: Michigan Avenue, Music Industry, Concerts, Festive Events, Artists
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Claptrap - When to clap or not to clap at concerts
At Symphony Center and other classical music halls around the world, there’s a widely accepted way for concertgoers to behave during the space between one movement’s end and the next one’s beginning. They cough. Did I say that? Oops. I...
Tags: Opera (genre), Music Industry, Concerts, Richard Strauss, Customs and Tradition
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Hearing from readers about concert applause
I was listening to Yo-Yo Maand Chicago Symphony Orchestra members perform a chamber concert in Pilsen recently, and the audience applauded between movements of a Brahms Quintet, and I thought: This clapping is more pleasant than the coughing outbursts...
Tags: Music, Culture, Facebook, Concerts, Pilsen
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December 6: Focus on Family - The Roof Top Hop
WGN NewsMichael Sheahan To purchase a copy of the book: The Roof Top Hop Michael Sheahan is a retired NYPD detective, who is also an accomplished singer, songwriter, and musician. His love of celebrating all the holidays with his wife and three boys inspired...Tags: Opera (genre), Music Industry, WGN, Concerts, Erikson Institute
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Robertson, CSO add sense of celebration to 'Keys'
Special to the TribuneLudwig van Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto was the centerpiece meant to transform Thursday's normal subscription concert into an entry in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's "Keys to the City" piano festival, but the non-pianistic works on either side gave...Tags: Eugene Ormandy, Culture, Paul Hindemith, Emanuel Ax, Entertainment Events
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Keys to the City opener unlocks some doors – but not others
A sense of surprise drives the best music soirees, and there was plenty of it to go around Wednesday night at Symphony Center for the opening of the Keys to the City Piano Festival. Some of the unexpected moments, however, were more welcome than others....
Tags: Music, Culture, Maurice Joseph Ravel, Emanuel Ax, George Gershwin
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Festival keys in on piano music
Music festivals typically invite listeners to regard familiar pieces in different contexts and perspectives, seek out musical connections between scores, and discover new things about works they may have long taken for granted. That is as good a...
Tags: Music Industry, Concerts, Yale University, Art Institute of Chicago, Television Industry
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Ahead of summit, the Loop is quiet — too quiet — for retail businesses
Downtown Chicago ahead of the NATO summit, which takes place Sunday and Monday, was given over to tourists in shorts and T-shirts as a good share of the workforce opted to telecommute Friday or take the day off.
While commuters relished the breathing...Tags: Michigan Avenue, Boeing Co., Concerts, Business Enterprises, Chicago Restaurants
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